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A. B. HILL SHIELD H.104 Jan. 17, 1924 v IAWEIIITOR Z mmm A TTORIIEYS Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES ANNA BAIN HILL. OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SHIELD.

To aZZ ai /20m it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANNA Barn HILL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shields, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in shields, particularly in that type of shield intended for use by decorators or the like for preventing the unintentional application of paint to surfaces adjacent the moldings, base boards. or other objects which are to be decorated An object of my invention is to provide a shield of the type described having a handle portion which extends upwardly therefrom at an angle, and by means of which the shield may be held in close engagement with that surface which it is desired to protect from unintentional contact of the decorators brush or. cleaning tools as the case may be.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is struck of a single piece of mate-rial, there by eliminating the possibility of the device becoming dismembered from continuous use, as might reasonably be expected in a device of this character having a separate handle portion secured by some means to the work engaging portion.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction, durable, and thoroughly practical for the purpose intended,

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure -1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of my invention, and

Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 1.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a single piece of heavy gauge sheet iron. This iron is stamped by a suitable die so as to provide a substantially rectangular work engaging member 1. Care is taken that the lower edge 2 of the member 1 be perfectly straight so that the edge may closely con- Application filed January 17, 1924. Serial No. 686,841.

tact with the finished edges of moldings, base boards, window and door frames, and the like. The work engaging surface 1 is bent forwardly at its oppositee'dges 3 so that the side edges of the member may not contact with a surface such as thewall surface 4 upon .which the work engaging member is placed (see Figure 1). The purpose of having the edges 3 out of engagement with the surface 4 is to prevent the relatively sharp edges of the member 1 from scratching or marring the finished wall surface 4.

The work engaging member 1 is provided with an integral handle portion 5 formed by rolling the portion of the sheet metal extending upwardly from the member 1 in substantially the form of a cylinder having its adjacent edges 6 drawn close together. 1

A portion of the lower edge is shown at 7, and the tubular handle portion 5 is cut away so as to permit the handle portion 5 to be bent at an angle of substantially 45 from the wall 5 when the work engaging member 1 is placed in close engagement with the wall. This inclination of the handle ortion 5 is provided so as to make the hol ing of the handle 5 an easy matter.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. Let us assume that it is desired to finish or decorate in some predetermined manner the base board and floor molding such as: shown in Figure 1, disposed at the lower portion of the wall 4, Obviously, it is not desirable to have the varnish 0r fluid which is used to decorate'the base board smeared upon the wall 4. It is for the purpose of preventing such unintentional application of varnishor other like finishing fluid that my improved shield is provided.

Inusing my improved shield it is merely necessary to grip the handle portion 5 in that hand which is not employed in applying the fluid, and to hold the device in the position shown in Figure 1, so that its lower edge 2 just contacts the upper edge 10 of the base board 8 at that part of the base board upon which the brush applying the decorat ing fluid is being used.

I claim:

A shield of the type described comprising a relatively flat work engaging member of substantially rigid material, said Work engaging member having a straight edge at the lower end thereof and having its edges at the side turned outwardly, and a handle port-ion formed integral with said Work ongaging member and extending upwardly and outwardly from said work engaging member, said handle being fashioned by rolling portions of the material of which said shield constructed, to form substantially tubular member, said handle be ing disposed entirely above and at the rear of said Work engaging member.

ANNA BAIN HILL. 

